FIGHT SUMMER HUNGER CAMPAIGN - Aug 7, 2020
Raleigh Kiwanis visited the Urban Ministries of Wake County HQ on Capital Blvd last summer to meet the staff, learn the mission, and tour the facility. They provide healthcare aid, maintain a safe and clean women’s shelter, and manage Wake County’s only client-choice food pantry. This year the impacts of COVID -19 were felt throughout the community and the demand for assistance was even greater than before. Urban Ministries was not allowing physical donations or volunteering to the club organized a virtual food drive for the month of July. Urban Ministries is able to purchase food from the NC food bank at $.19/lb which roughly translates to a family eating for a week on just $25— so cash goes a long way.
In previous years our donation record was around $6,000. This year we set a push goal of $7,500, and Raleigh Kiwanis stepped up every week with enormous gestures of generosity. Our result was unprecedented:
$12,000 in donations
480 families received a week’s worth of emergency groceries
Big thanks to all who contributed!
